The way participants experience an event shapes their view of the hosting organization. Heather and Galya help organizers align their events with their core values.
Our
Story
Heather & Galya
In their respective work organizing and delivering events, Galya and Heather prioritized creating meaningful and welcoming spaces. They drummed up necessary funding and rented ramps, arranged ASL interpretation, ensured dietary restrictions were met, and personally provided childcare when the need appeared.
It was only in partnering together for the first time that Galya and Heather recognized that they had both created a database of accessibility and participant experience systems, resources, and contacts. Combining forces under the name Spectrum Events, Galya and Heather began assisting other event hosts in making their events more accessible and meaningful to their attendees. Spectrum Event's impact was immediate: fewer conflicts, happier participants, and more return guests.
By focusing on the delicate work of accessibility, Heather and Galya allowed event hosts to concentrate on the bigger picture, confident that no guest would be left behind. Click Here to see what event organizers have to say about Spectrum Events.
Today, Heather and Galya specialize in accessibility and participant experience organizing, helping hosts run smoother events while ensuring every guest feels valued and included.
Our
Services
We're on it.
PRE-
EVENT
↳Support you in determining your event's accessibility goals.
↳Act as the event's point of contact for participants with accessibility concerns or questions.
↳Design the event's registration questionnaire.
↳Create your event's code of conduct.
↳Review and edit copy for your event: platform notfications, event signage, etc.
↳Rent adaptive equipment: Ramps, Vertical platform lifts, etc.
↳Book accessibility professionals: ASL/LSQ interpreters, Onsite Social Worker, etc.
↳Create a safety plan.
↳Compile and communicate attendee data to relevant stakeholders: Caterer, Childcare providers, etc.
↳Organize offsite socials.
ON-
SITE
↳Create safer spaces through attendee peer support, crisis management, and conflict resolution.
↳Venue accessibility evaluation and walk-through.
↳Additional venue preparation: set up, greeting accessibility professionals, receiving equipment deliveries, etc.
↳On-site registration support.
↳Intermediary between event participant and event organizers.
↳Remaining present at meal times to advocate for dietary and allergy concerns.
POST-
EVENT
↳Communicate attendee feedback to event hosts.
↳Provide a summary of recommendations for future events.
Our
Clients
Andrea Bass
Director of Operations, Canada's NDP
"Heather Brunet is an exceptional accessibility coordinator and went above and beyond our expectations to ensure our convention was successful for all participants and staff. Heather joined us about two months before the convention and I wish we had found her sooner! We had a number of last minute needs, like finding ASL interpreters in French and English and she used her personal network to find the best people. Heather has a wealth of experience and knowledge which she generously shared with our staff, and helped them not only plan this event better but taught them the tools they need to integrate accessibly into future events as well. Heather is honest, respectful, creative, and a real problem solver. It was so easy to work with her and I’m looking forward to our next collaboration!”
Jennifer Yin Barrett
Senior Director of Strategy and Operations, Broadbent Institute
"It has been our pleasure to hire Galya and Heather to support the Broadbent Institute’s delivery of the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Progress Summits, our signature multi-day conferences. The team’s attention to detail, problem-solving skills, empathy for people and politics, and their commitment to professional
event coordination makes them uniquely qualified to support large scale events - particularly ones for and by progressive movements. We have received countless unsolicited comments about the positive experience attendees had interacting or seeking support from the team. Institute staff have also expressed gratitude for their support during event planning and delivery. I highly recommend their work
to organizations looking to host positive, responsive, and professional events or gatherings.”
Jessica Li
Volunteer, Progress Summit
“I had an amazing time volunteering at the Progress Summit in Ottawa. I have a 9 month old and had to bring her with me but the event had free on-site childcare! I love their inclusiveness and it allowed me to truly enjoy and embrace the event. I really hope all events have this feature so parents can enjoy an immersive experience stress-free."
Eva Morrison
Visiting Artist, Progress Summit
“I often offer arts-specific services, but working with Spectrum Events I was able to see how their specialized accessibility and participant experience service can engage a diverse audience by meeting them where they’re at. Heather and Galya folded arts-based engagement into a political context by using a people-first approach.”
Spectrum Events operates on a sliding scale fee system. Rates are calculated based on the number of event participants and the scope of our involvement. For non-event related support, Spectrum Events will collaborate with your team to determine pricing.
Contact
Spectrum Events
info@spectrumevents.ca
@spectrum.events.info
Contact Spectrum Events
to schedule a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your
upcoming event and/or project.